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Getting Into the Act - Women Playwrights in London 1776-1829 (Hardcover)
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Getting Into the Act - Women Playwrights in London 1776-1829 (Hardcover)
Series: Gender in Performance
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Total price: R4,148
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Getting Into the Act is a vigorous and refreshing account of seven
female playwrights who, against all odds, enjoyed professional
success in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Ellen
Donkin relates fascinating, disturbing tales about the male theatre
managers to whom they were indebted, and the trials and prejudices
they endured, ranging from accusations of plagiarism to sexual
harassment. This scarred turbulent early history still resonates in
the late twentieth-century. The current ratio of female to male
playwrights is virtually unchanged. Old patterns of male control
persist, and playwriting continues to be a hazardous occupation for
women. But within these scarred earlier histories there are equally
powerful narratives of self-revelation, endurance, and professional
triumph that may point to a new way forward. Getting Into the Act
is entertaining and informative reading for anyone, from scholar to
general reader, who is interested in the history and gender
politics of the stage.
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